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The Sadness of Exile

Israel, don’t celebrate like the nations do. Don’t be happy. You acted like a prostitute and left your God. You committed your sexual sin[a] on every threshing floor. But the grain from those threshing floors will not provide enough food for Israel. There will not be enough wine for Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:1 You committed your sexual sin This means the people were not faithful to God. But it also means the people had sexual relations with temple prostitutes. They believed their false gods would give them many children and good crops.

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